Is Pakistan ready to fight a Hybrid war?

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The adversaries have been successfully operating hybrid warfare techniques to bleed Pakistan. They failed to coerce or frighten Islamabad with...

Trump on the wrong side of history

Gen (r) Mirza Aslam Beg | American Secretary of States’ hop-over visit’ to Pakistan, on his way to India, was a crude diplomatic gesture of brow-beating...

The next Oscar goes to ‘Friend’s request’

Shiffa Yousafzai | The kind of pieces I write are about the subjects upon which I want my readers to ponder, for I believe they could...

Electables: Biggest impediment to change in Pakistan

Farid A Malik| Electables have proven to be the biggest impediment to change. They negate the basic concept of ballot driven democracy. Influence has always...

Chasing happiness won’t make you happy

Leon Ho | When we talk about happiness, we think about staying happy all the time – every single day, every single minute with zero...

The myth of ‘Greater Baluchistan’ debunked: Part II

Zara Ali | The advent of the 20th century marked the beginning of political awareness among the younger generation of the western educated Baluch elite. The...

Murder of an ordinary man with extraordinary political significance 

Shiffa Yousafzai | Just when we had started to feel that law and order situation has improved in the country in general and in KPK in...

Why will US military continue to fail in Afghanistan?

Saleem Akhtar Malik | On 7th October 2001, almost a month after the tumultuous bombing of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, U.S. and British...

Why you always feel so tired even after rest

Leon Ho | I used to go home and just lie on the sofa after work to rest. Later, I wanted to spend more time...

The CIA’s new anti-Taliban strategy might help Daesh

Andrew Korybko | The New York Times reported over the weekend that the CIA would be redirecting most of its Afghan efforts towards directly thwarting...

Chabahar – Some Indian myths and the reality

M K Bhadrakumar | The first shipment of wheat on Sunday from Kandla port to Afghanistan via Iran’s Chabahar Port is cause for celebration in India. A...

Thank you Najam Sethi!

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Former Kiwi fast-bowler and currently one of the darlings of cricket watchers, Danny Morrison was shouting, chirping and "revving it...